Chapter 530: Sitting on the Diaoyu Island to Watch the European War IV
At the same time, William II in the Sanssouci Palace in Germany looked at the Chief of General Staff Mao Qi in front of him with a livid face. He held the battle report of the battle in his hand and shouted angrily: "Both sides will suffer! Both sides will suffer! This is not me.
The answer you want should not be the final answer!".
Facing the anger of William II, Moltke felt very helpless. He thought that he would not necessarily win on the battlefield. A small defeat was nothing. After all, the casualties of the British and French allied forces were much greater than those of the German army.
Even if we fail this time, we can still shift to strategic defense in the future. This requires sticking to the front line of the Anna River and turning the battle into a positional battle.
However, Moltke did not dare to say this, but said respectfully: "Reporting to your Majesty, more than a month has passed since the war broke out. Our army has been following the basic principles of the Schlieffen Plan and has achieved rapid crossing.
Although the outcome of this battle deviates from our previous expectations for the tactical attack on Belgian territory to advance towards the French mainland, as long as we as Germany are united as one, we can defeat the British and French allied forces within a day's time!".
Hearing Moltke's words, William II frowned even more, but he also heard the implication, because as Germany won the first battle and then sent troops to Paris, at least the entire German people and allied countries,
Everyone was convinced that the German army would soon win and Paris would be occupied by the German army.
But this time, just when victory seemed to be within reach, the German army allowed the French to avoid a devastating catastrophe. The urgent thing now is not how to defeat France, but Germany to appease the people and allied countries, so William II
Shi and Moltke immediately began secret discussions, and soon rumors began to spread in Germany that the Battle of the Marne was a strategic attack by the German army in order to draw out all the British and French forces and annihilate them in one fell swoop. Although the British and French forces luckily escaped,
But it cost 550,000 casualties.
The Allied authorities ignored the paralyzing propaganda of the German authorities, because in the Battle of the Marne, the British and French allied forces finally turned defeat into victory. It can be called a great miracle on the Marne, and the French Paris garrison commander added
Lieni became the legitimate winner.
However, propaganda is propaganda, and the German offensive continued. After the German army broke out in small-scale battles with the British and French forces, the two sides began a large-scale mobile war towards the sea. As a result, the British and French forces were defeated again this time. In the end
The German army successfully captured the vast territory in northeastern France, which completed William II's lies.
However, the German army was still unable to cut off the military transportation lines between Britain and France. Subsequently, the Battle of Flanders broke out between the two sides, but neither side achieved significant results. As a result, the entire front entered a stalemate state of confrontation.
A fruitless battle means that both sides failed to meet their strategic expectations. However, compared to the Alliance Group and the Entente Group, the Entente Powers, which have a large number of overseas colonies and many allies, have an absolute advantage, while Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire can no longer do this.
In a war of attrition and a protracted war, any advantage can be gained.
Therefore, after the Battle of Flanders ended at the end of 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a somewhat sincere invitation letter to the Far East Group and Italy, and promised many benefits. For example, if the Far East Group was willing to send troops to declare war on the Allies, the Middle East would be conquered after the war.
Iraq and Iran were handed over to the Far East Group.
But Li Ningyu was not interested in William II's conditions at all, because even if he did not join the Allies, Iraq and Iran were the territories that Li Ningyu was determined to win. It was not unusual for Li Ningyu that William II would push the situation along the way.
But William II obviously refused to let it go. It was impossible to force the Far East to participate in the war. Not to mention the lack of troops to be mobilized. If the Far East group was forced into a hurry, the Far East would side with the Allies. William
The second generation probably has suicidal thoughts.
However, in his reply to Wilhelm II, Li Ningyu made it clear that the Far East Group would never side with the Allies. After all, Wilhelm II was still Li Ningyu's father-in-law, but he had to guarantee that Germany would not invade the Netherlands.
, otherwise Li Ningyu cannot guarantee this.
The relationship between the Netherlands, Spain and the Far East Group is now known to all countries in the world, but fortunately, after Li Ningyu and Queen Helena got married, they did not interfere in the political and military affairs of the Dutch authorities, so European countries did not take any action.
The situation in Spain is different. With the rapid development of the Far East Group in recent years, Spain has completely emerged from the domestic economic crisis. Now it is not only a famous industrial country in Europe, but also its military strength has increased significantly after joining the Far East Group.
As a reminder, the Spanish navy, which was already in decline, now has two fleets of one hundred thousand level.
One naval fleet cruises in the home region, and the other mainly operates in the Mediterranean. Every two years, it holds a joint maritime exercise with the naval fleet based in the Far East Mediterranean. Therefore, the influence of the Far East Group today is extraordinary.
Kaiser Wilhelm II's secret contacts with Italy and the Far East Group naturally could not be hidden from the British intelligence agencies, so after learning part of the contents of Wilhelm II's telegram, Edward VII also sent a telegram to Italy and the Far East Group.
This time, Italy, which had been wavering, decided to betray the Allies and join the Entente. This made William II so angry that he almost burst a blood vessel. Fortunately, the Far East Group still did not agree to Britain in the end.
However, as Italy betrayed its faith and joined the Allied Powers, the veteran William II brought in another helper, the old empire, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). The reason why Italy betrayed its faith was mainly because Britain and France promised to give it to Italy after the war.
As a result, Italy surrendered to the Allies and directly declared war on the Central Powers.
However, due to the weak strength of the Italian army, only 650,000 land troops can be put into battle, and the navy's battle order is no more than a Mediterranean fleet. However, Britain and France did not ask Italy to do too much, as long as Italy successfully delayed the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 40 years.
The strength of one division is enough, which can alleviate the pressure on Russia and France on the eastern front.
However, William II still had many backup options. At the end of 1905, Bulgaria joined the Allied Powers group and directly sent 300,000 troops to fully cooperate with the German-Austrian coalition to attack Serbia. As a result, the Allies soon occupied the entire territory of Serbia, and the Serbian government and army were forced to
Retreat to the Greek island of Corfu.
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